From Sir with Love

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Some Other Time...

›
When was the last time you sat down and listened to a CD? I know just using the moniker ‘CD’ reveals my Jurassic age. We are an MP...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

What about the North?

›
  This morning I turned on the news, and besides all the continued U.S. weather-related news, in the comfort of my 70 degree day i...
Friday, February 27, 2015

February Leftovers

›
Three weeks ago right now I was at the job fair in Cambridge, MA—the mother lode of recruiting fairs for international schools in the ...
Monday, January 12, 2015

In the meantime…

›
  During my recent winter break, which was just wonderful with two weeks in Cincinnati and one week in New York, an old friend aske...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Never Be So Forceful in Blog Titles!

›
and by the way...I am back with my barber Edris. I couldn't find the new barber--somehow his store front must have changed and of cou...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

A Moment in Abu Dhabi

›
Every now and then the universe has an uncanny way of reaching out, tapping me on the shoulder, and bringing me back down to earth. S...
Saturday, September 6, 2014

Voluptuous Panic

›
Sometime over the summer, I don’t know where or when, I heard someone say that they operated in a world of “voluptuous panic.” I found that...
›
Home
View web version

About Me

John
I am stealing from my own biography on the KA website: John received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Denison University and went on to earn two Master’s degrees, one in History from Brown and one in Arts Education and Private School Leadership from Columbia. He has taught diverse subjects in History and Art History for nearly 20 years and received the prestigious Klingenstein Fellowship from Columbia University as well as 6 summer fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. As head of the History Department at Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, he was awarded the Chair for Distinguished teaching, and was selected by the Class of 2000 for the Kimmelman Award, recognizing "that teacher who best prepared that class for its college experience." Directing over 50 student and community theater productions has allowed John to pursue his avid interest in drama, while singing in semi-professional choruses and studying piano has given him an outlet for his love of music. In summing up his philosophy as a teacher, John quotes the poet W. B. Yeats: “Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.”
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.